action horror zombie film opening idea

1. Opening Idea.
Creation of an Enigma When the scientist gets shot this will create an enigma
for the audience as they will not know why this male has
been shot, they won’t even know that he was a scientist
but this will later be revealed through the rest of the film.
The news report will create an enigma as the audience
will not know why there has been an outbreak of a virus
related to mad cows disease and they will want to watch
the rest of the film to find out what is going on.
Introduction to
Characters
In my opening the audience will be introduced to the
Zombies, Scientist, Military (including the chief military
officer)
Setting Up Plot At the beginning of my opening I will film the Chief
taking the scientist in the boot of a car to a military base
to be asked questions about this virus he has caused.
Military armed men will stand at the gates in order to
make the scenario look serious, dangerous and
professional.
The Scientist will be beaten up by the military armed
guards and dragged in a room for questioning. The
scientist will get shot whilst sitting in an empty room on
a chair as failed to answer questions. This will be left on
a cliff hanger as it dissolves onto the next scene.
There will then be a scene which shows a news report-
reporting information about the air-born virus which is
related to mad cow disease. Warning man-kind to stay
indoors and if approached by a infected zombie to kill
the brain.
The next scene will include a montage of zombies and
the military attacking them. Then there will be a pan of
zombies (which look like they are surrounding the
camera guy) and the camera pans around them and the
camera guy gets attacked.

2. Opening Idea.
Pace and Rhythm
Mise en
scene/Editing/Camera
Shot Movement
Mise en scene;
Costume;
The military characters will be armed with guns and
they will wear military costumes.
The news reporter will wear professional clothes to look
high authority and important.
The zombies will be dressed in dark clothing, ripped,
blood stained clothes and their faces will have fake blood
make up on.
The scientist will wear more casual clothes so that he
contrasts against the military guards and look less
important than them, and inferior to them.
lighting;
will be fairly dull but in different scenes it will be dark to
connote an unsettling feeling towards the audience.
The setting will be at an quiet abandoned base to create
mystery and make it more scary when the scene of the
zombies is shot.
Facial expressions;
Facial expressions will be serious and unsettling.
Especially the filming of the zombies their facial
expressions will be surreal and scary to frighten the
audience as this is what the target audience want out of
an action zombie horror opening.
Colours;
Dark earthy colours will be used. No bright colours
because this opening is not for a film which is about
happiness. It is about violence, action, death and
survival.
Props;
Props such as fake blood, guns and weapons will be
used to create the themes; violence, gore, death, danger
and fear.
Editing;
I will use a lot of fast straight cuts and some dissolves to
create an enigma and show that this film has a lot of
action in it.

3. Opening Idea.
Camera shots;
I will use establishing shots to show the setting at the
opening of the opening. Close ups to make the audience
feels as uncomfortable as the scientist feels when being
questioned. Long shots to show the different levels of
authority.
Camera movement;
I intend on using a pan around the zombies and as they
come closer it will become scarier for the audience and
have them gripping themselves. I will use Zoom ins and
Zoom outs to show peoples facial expressions in tense
situations.
Mood and Tone
(Sound)
The mood of the opening will be very grabbing and
there will be a lot of suspense in it. I will choose a
soundtrack which relates to the atmosphere I want to
portray. A track which picks up pace and creates
suspension.
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